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October 6, 2008

Kids and the financial crisis

Are your kids starting to hear the news about our financial crisis, and to worry about what it will mean for your family?

This story in Sunday's Washington Post lays out some startling figures about the anxieties young people are starting to feel. And it has some good advice about what to do to help your kids feel more secure.

I'm remembering now that my daughter was reluctant to see the Kit Kittredge movie last summer because she didn't want to see people suffering during the Great Depression.

 

Posted by Kate Shatzkin at 11:30 AM | | Comments (1)
        

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This is a great time to reevaluate some of the excesses people take for granted. Do you really need that toy? How about buying clothes and used toys at a consignment shop? Does your child have a library card? You can check out DVDs as well as books there. Teach your child how to pack a brown bag lunch. I'll never forget a 6-year-old birthday party where one of the guests was in tears because she thought there would be pony rides. Time for a big reality check, folks.

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About Kate Shatzkin
Kate Shatzkin is the parenting and families content editor at The Baltimore Sun and, before that, was its family beat reporter. But her most challenging and rewarding job is being mother to Leah, 8, and Sam, 6.

In her 14 years at The Baltimore Sun, Kate also has covered nonprofit organizations, prisons and courts, and has written several investigative series. She was previously a Knight journalism fellow at Yale Law School and a reporter at the Seattle Times and at the Patriot-Ledger of Quincy, Mass. She lives in Baltimore with her family.

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